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No. 461,576. Patented Oct. 20, 1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JULIUS IIERRMANN, OF DRESDEN, SAXONY, GERMANY.

MEANS FOR HANDLING COAL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 461,576, dated October20, 1891.

Application filed July 30, 1889. Serial No. 319,207. (No model.)Patented in Belgium February 25,1889, No. 85,148: in England February25. 1889 No. 3,387; in France May 1,1889, No. 197,893; inAustria-Hungary May 17,1889,XXXIX, 1,208, and XXIII. 1,158: in GermanyJanuary 15. 1890, No. 54,909, and in Switzerland January 20,1890,No.1,842. v

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIUS HERRMANN, of Dresden, in the Kingdom ofSaxony, German Empire,haveinvented acertain new and useful Improvementin the Means for Handling Coal, (for which I have obtained patents inBelgium, dated February 25, 1889, No. 85,148; A

in Great Britain, dated February 25,1889, No. 3,387; in France, datedMay 1, 1889, No. 197,893; in Austria-Hungary, dated May 17, 1889, TomeNo. 39, folio 1,208, and Tome 23, folio 1,158; in Switzerland, datedJanuary 20, 1890, No.1,842, and partly in Germany, dated January 15,1890, No. 54,909,) of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention is more particularly designed for dealing with coal usedin locomotives.

By my present invention I am enabled to load the tilting cars on a lowlevel from the coal-carrying railway -car, then convey the tilting carsto the hoisting device and raise them to a higher level by mechanicalpower and ascertain the weight of same simultaneously with the hoistingoperation, and then deliver the contents of the tilting cars from thehigh level into a tender of a locomotive by means of a pivoted tiltingpart attached to the high-level track, or the contents may be dumpedinto a bin.

I will now describe my invention with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, and afterward point out its novelty in claims.

Figure 1 represents a sectional elevation of the apparatus employed incarrying out my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view corresponding withFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view representing a modificationof part of the apparatus. Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional viewcorresponding with Fig. 2. Figs. 5 and 6 are enlarged views of theweighingscales attached to the hoisting device.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

The coal-carrying railway-wagon A, Figs. 1 and 2, to be unloaded ismoved or put upon the normally-gaged railway-line I. On the sides ofthis railway-line are two railway-lines II of narrow gage, crossing theturn-tables B B,

which communicate with the narrow-gaged railway-line III, crossing therailway-lines II at right angles or at any convenient angle. This lineIII terminates in the building 0 upon the platform D of a hoist, if thisplatform is at its lowest level. The platform is provided withrail-track, so as to receive the tilting cars hereinafter referred to.Upon the lines II, alongside of the coal-wagon A to be unloaded, thetilting cars E are placed. The body or receptacle of these tilting carsis made of sheet-iron, each car capable of receiving about tenhundred-weight of coal. The side boards a of the coal-wagon A arecapable of turning downwardly, and are provided at their sides withvertical rims of sheet-iron b 1;, arranged in a fan-shaped manner, whichdo not decrease the loading capacity of said wagon A, but which rimsprevent the coal from falling off sidewise. By turning downthesideboards a of the coal-wagon Atheseboards will rest on the woodengangways'F and will form sliding surfaces over which the greatest partof the coal will unload automatically into the tilting cars, and it willrequire but little manual labor to completely unload the wagon A and tofill the tiltingcars E. The bottom of the coal-wagon A may beroofshaped, so as to be highest in the middle and forming inclinestoward both sides, thus facilitating the tendency of the coal to rundown into the tilting Wagons or cars E. From the gangways F small boardsmay be arranged of triangular form, with the edge upside, proj ectingover the tilting cars and covering the space between two cars, so.thatthe coal is prevented from falling between the cars E. Loading the nextseries of tilting cars from the same coal-wagon A may be easilyaccomplished by pushing or drawing down the coal on the inclinedsideboards, which have not automatically unloaded by the opening of theside-boards of wagon A, and sliding down the inclines formed by thebottom of wagon A and its side-boards. The tilting cars E are thereafterindividually transported over the turn-table B to the railway-line IIIand to the platformD of the hoist and lifted by mechanical power throughthe hoist to the high-level line IV. The hoist may be worked by anymotor which happens to be in or near the engine-house; or, if there isno motor, a small steam -engine or gas-engine may be provided for thepurpose. \Vhere gas is to be had, a gas-motor may be used advantageouslyon account of the intermittent working of the hoist.

Instead of working the platform of the hoist by a separate motor orgas-engine, it may be worked by a double-acting steamhoist fed by thesteam from the locomotive. In this case each locomotive may hoist thecoal required for its tender or'for any future loading purposes and liftthe tilting cars up to high-level railway IV. Thus an opportunity isgiven for using up the steam of locomotives returning home from serviceand retiringinto the shed. Conducting the steam from thelocomotive-boiler into the working cylin der of the steam-hoist may bedone by one of the locomotive-valves and a hose or a fixed tube incombination with a hose.

In the drawings the hoistis shown as being adapted to be operated by aseparate motor or by steam from a locomotive. The separate motor is notshown; but the hoist worked by it is shown in direct connection withhigh and low level railways.

The steam-hoist fed by the locomotivesteam is shown as a modification inFigs. 3 and 4 separately from the high and low level railways. It is tobe noted that such doubleacting steam-hoists are well known, and I donot limit myself to a special construction of steam-hoist, and I do notclaim a steam-hoist as my invention but I consider it to be a part of myinvention to lift coal for the purposes set forth by means of asteam-hoist worked by the steam of the locomotive, the tender ofwhichhas to be provided with coal by the means forming my presentinvention.

The platform D of the hoist is arranged as the platform of a scale orweighing-machine, so that the net weight of the coal in the tiltingcar-E may easily be ascertained, the tare weight of the car itself beingknown.

The scale or weighing-machine is provided with two superposed beams (Zand d divided into graduations. On the upper beam d a sliding or runningweightd' is provided for indicating the weight up to one hundredweight,whereas a sliding weight (Z on the lower beam (1 is provided forindicating any weight above one hundred-weight. To put the platform ofthe scale at rest, the lever (Z is raised so that the knife-edges of thescale are raised from their seats, so as to prevent the knife-edgesbecoming blunt by superfluous use. The lever (Z will, if turned, bringthe beams (Z and d at rest after the weight of the load has beenascertained. The upper beam d, as indicated in Figs. 5 and 6, isconnected by means of the rod cl with the beam f, which rests on fixedsupports ff within the frame-like lower partD of the hoist-platform D,said beam f carrying on its upper surface the edges f f Again, withinthe fixed frame part D a carrying-beam f rests on fixed supports f f",said beam f carrying on its upper surface the edges f The beam f isconnected to and carried by the beam f at f by means of edge and socket.The platformD of the hoist is provided at its lower side with foursockets f with which said platform during the act of weighing rests onthe above-named edges f f f f. If the weighing-machine is put out ofaction by raising of the lever (1 so that the connecting-rod d islowered and the edges f f come out of contact with their sockets, theplatform D rests on points f provided for this purpose in the frame partD, and the cars may, without interference of the weighingmachine, bepushed on and 01f the plat form D. Y

The high-level line IV, being about ten to twelve feet above the lineIII, terminates at one end in the framing G, to which a part of saidline IV is pivoted, so that it may be turned by .the weight of loadedtilting car from its vertical position into horizontal position in orderto bring the tilting car above the tender l-I, into which the coal ofthe tilting ear is emptied by tilting the receptacle or body of the car.The tilting of the car is caused by withdrawing a-bolt on the car, whichcan easily be accomplished by the man in attendance. As soon as the caris removed from the pivoted part g of the high-level rail this part willreturn by the action of the counter-weight g into its vertical position,so

that the line V is always free for locomotives if the emptying of a carinto the tender is finished. I prefer to construct the high-level lineIV between the hoist and the tilting-railway part g with double track,so as to be able to cause a series of tilting cars to be unloaded oremptied into the tender without loss of time and in quick order.

The foregoing description refers to the means for emptying the tiltingcars directly into the tender. In order to be able to empty them intothe coal-reservoirs for storing or piling, the emptying or unloading ofthe coalwagon A into the tilting cars is accomplished in the same manneras above described. In this case the tilting cars are also shifted fromline II over the turn-table B upon the line III to the hoisting-machine,and the weight may be ascertained during hoisting or not; but, insteadof bringing the tilting cars toward the framing G, they are pushed onhigh level IV the opposite way onto the high-level turntable K, fromwhere the cars E may be pushed on one of the lines leading over thestores or piles or coal-reservoirs, one of which isjndicated at L. I11this manner the unloading of the wagon A and the filling of thereservoirs L are accomplished in an easy, quick, and cheap manner.

In order now to load the tender II with coal from these reservoirs L, alow-level line VI is arranged, to the one end of which a transportabletrack VI is connected. This track may be prolonged at will and with thenecessary curves, so as to be able to bring the tilting cars at everydesired spot at low level Within the reservoirs for filling these cars,which when loaded are pushed on the track VI to the point where thistrack crosses the line III. Onthis crossing-point a turntable M isprovided, so that now'the tilting cars are again ready to reach theplatform D of the hoist and to be hoisted to high level (with or withoutascertaining the weight during the hoisting operation) and to be emptiedat 9 into the tender H. In this manner the filling of the tender 1-1with stored coal is also accomplished in an easy, quick, and cheapmanner. The room 0 may be intended as an ofiice for the coal-master.

The lines and track named in the foregoing specification may be, ofcourse, altered in the direction and level at will and according tolocal circumstances without parting thereby from the main idea andfeature of the present invention.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In means for handling coal, the combination, with high and lowlevellines, of a pivoted tilting part at the end of one of thehigh-level lines, a hoisting device connecting said high and low levellines, means for operating the hoisting device, and suitable weighingmechanism attached to the hoisting device, substantially asset forth.

2. In means forhandling coal, the combination, with a series of high anda series of low level lines, of a pivoted tilting part at one end of oneof the high-level lines, which part is. adapted to be operated by theweight of a car, a hoisting device forconnectingone of the high and oneof the low level lines, and a pipe, one end connected to the hoistingdevice and the other end being fitted for attachment to the boiler of alocomotive, whereby steam from the locomotive may be used for operatingthe hoisting device, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JULIUS HERRMANN. Witnesses:

WILHELM W IESENHI'ITTER, GEORG RICHTER.

